Ruth Heisler named Teaching Professor of Distinction

Oct. 7, 2022

Ruth Heisler is one of five faculty members who were recently honored by the College of Arts & Sciences as Teaching Professors of Distinction. The honorific title is the College's highest honor for non-tenure-track teaching faculty, recognizing their exemplary teaching and participation in the university community. An article in Colorado...

Janet Casagrand wins BFA Leadership and Service Award

Aug. 8, 2022

Associate Teaching Professor Janet Casagrand is one of three winners of the 2022 Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Leadership and Service Award. In her nomination letter, Dr. Casagrand was praised for her long-standing, prolific leadership roles within the IPHY Department, at the University level, and within the profession of pedagogy...

Ken Wright wins Mary A. Carskadon Educator Award

March 23, 2022

Professor Kenneth Wright was named the 2022 recipient of the prestigious Mary A. Carskadon Educator Award from the Sleep Research Society. The award honors excellence in education in sleep and circadian research, recognizing contributions to training sleep and circadian professionals, and in educating the general public. Read more

Tammy Maldonado wins Marinus Smith Award

April 5, 2021

Instructor Tammy Maldonado has been nominated and selected as a Marinus Smith Award recipient from New Student & Family Programs. The purpose of this award is to recognize ²ÊÃñ±¦µä faculty, staff, coaches and administrators who have made a remarkable impact in the lives of students. Honorees are nominated by...

Teresa Foley awarded Teaching Professorship

May 22, 2020

Teresa Foley has been selected to receive the honorary title of Teaching Professor. The working title of Teaching Professor is given to a select group of Senior Instructors to recognize a record of distinction. The title carries the expectation that the individual is not only an exemplary teacher, but has...

Janet Casagrand wins Marinus Smith Award

May 4, 2020

Senior Instructor Janet Casagrand has been nominated and selected as a Marinus Smith Award recipient from New Student & Family Programs. The purpose of this award is to provide an opportunity for students to recognize ²ÊÃñ±¦µä faculty, staff, coaches and administrators who have made a significant impact in their...

Teresa Foley Wins BFA Teaching and Pedagogy Award

Feb. 21, 2019

Senior Instructor Teresa Foley is one of three winners of the 2019 Boulder Faculty Assembly Excellence in Teaching and Pedagogy Award. In her nomination letter, Dr. Foley was praised for the extensive contributions she has made to teaching in IPHY and campus-wide. Applying her expertise on how students learn as...

Foley, Casagrand win Chancellor's Award for curriculum mapping project

Nov. 5, 2018

Senior Instructors Teresa Foley and Janet Casagrand have received a $10,000 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in STEM Education through the Center for STEM Learning at ²ÊÃñ±¦µä. These competitive awards were established in 2009 to support faculty and graduate student engagement in innovative research on student learning and implementation of...

Janet Casagrand selected for Experimental Biology teaching symposium presentation

May 2, 2018

Janet Casagrand was invited to present her educational research at the 2018 Experimental Biology conference in San Diego, California. The title of her talk was "Fostering Higher-Order Cognitive Skills in the Teaching and Learning of Physiology" in a symposium sponsored by the Teaching of Physiology Section of the American Physiological...

Diba Mani, Claire Zai win TA/GPTI Excellence Awards

April 30, 2018

Claire Zai and Diba Mani have been selected to receive 2017-2018 TA/GPTI (Graduate Student Part Time Instructor) Excellence Awards from the United Government of Graduate Students (UGGS). This competitive award recognizes the teaching-related work of graduate students inside the classroom and beyond. The awardees are publicly recognized during an event...